The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-11
EMINENT HOTEL GUESTS.
Titled Feressuers Net BY Any Mesns the
Most Profitable Guests or Hstels.

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The hotels Of New York have never enter
tanned 30 many representatives OF royalty anu
nobility n one year as they have during n e.,
present ff time. Queen kapiolani and her re.
tinue. the Prince Of Siam and his following, q
en unsa p boss s end fI h
Of the patronage Of nobility and ROYALTY
a ereat advertisement. A house on lower Filth
avenue, OF modest appearance but eminently
Duke * nsa
It Is not an expensive hotel but II has and
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coed first IL getting tho Rstrons,Es q wealthy
mainly due to the influence Of their Wallets or
servants. Tho valet falls In with the. pursuer
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orite list Of hotels whose proprietors have not
forgotten him. and his royal passengers are
agents for hotels and many q conductor while
Il q
But royal percentages are not the most prof;
viii pay sl6 a day ior the board q Himself and
ssryns a. select hotel rnd think It
Slam and bis rstinue while he was in, New
81 The Sandwich s' Islands Ian lived on much less
than that, Rtaet which may have been due to
the somewhat impoverished condition Of the
treasury Of the kingdom. =. v.v.. 49,.
from the pockets Of foreigners less high IN
rank than princes or dukes or from Ameri-
n alter ,Ssn ere Ns the ssi Daps
q hotel whose best rooms cost $40 each day.
She gets suite for herself and apartments
mails shs. she has wsh her The ene
OF the lodging Is about e!5 day. and q her
meals from the hotel cafe about $40. She is
and Nico!ini. who are high llvers and drink
choice wine. pay more for their meals and
sss tos 'SsF s. hs1s
Hsesf bey had e Rep Own su COOK q q the
kitchen and seyera! attendants. and lived on
the very top shelf. An obscure spanish count.
same hotel prior prior to the coming Of be Lesseps,
and, although unknown to fame on this side
raynR t6s D.
Of 81 500 q week for his entertainment. Whom
James McHe a.. the one, I'm railroad mag
tEs III Ys.s YRS. sns
answer his purpose. and although light
%se he e. to tne table he
Stopped Stop, and his taste for Russian dishes
Cheese and 'whiskey as an appetizer in the
morning; his tea was brewed in samoyir.
according 70 the Russian rule and nothing but
However. the best al. the-y year round guests
the West, and the most proiita6ie Of these are
the people on their wedding tour. One hotel
on shs k Glass; cute sas Sra
meal II its caie viii est the couple about
q specially of catering, to people who desire
70 be truly select; and especially to elderly
dsuSs 81 sa ts ehes asSs hss
was owned by man who. recently gave it to
drsWs tn seSms q
It Mso Tie ohss day rental ms the
million dollars out Of the place: His hobby
was to keep the house select. There was a
well:conducted bar In an obscure part Of tina.
the Saloon pased sher voees s6oVs the sa dse
9roqs ksy -. that was the rule q the hotel and
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world where Il would be possible for hotel
running rum Of such great expense to make money
sfsssst e find hes in Esr York
New York died the other day worth fortune,
The proprietor OF the house spent more than
so pIo aG rom sa ssq tbs but bs s
him no care beyond receiving tho rent when It
Il Is. 6rought, to HIM Indeed. 1t is said that he
But all the New York places that entertain
royalty cannot boast OF having within their
walls at one time representatives OF such
wealth as are sometimes found OF a pleasant
afternoon at a homeIy little Inn in the out
skirts OF the city at the head Of Jerome avenue.
stranger would pass 1t by as too humble for
notice. 1t looks like an old time tavern with
succeed walls. its ceilings are low. and its un-
covered o 9 are worm Raro15s the place
charges are equal to those Of any hrst-class
as any to be found In the metropolis. There Is
an air about the place OF We don't need your
patronage, but IL you are willing To pay the
price We will entertain you."' 1t is at this house
thft the Vanderbilts and the millionaire road
riders have stopped ever since old Commodore
Vanderbilt begun patronizing II. William H.
Vanderbilt was especially. fond Of It. and he
used to gather about him there his friends. and
drop into conversation as he was seldom heard
to do anywhere else. 1t WAS 10 uncommon
thing to ace representatives OF $500, 900, 600
gathered there at one time.
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